Sean O’Malley took multiple shots at himself when watching his former rival’s latest win.
‘Suga’ has first-hand experience of what it’s like to be on the receiving end of the current UFC bantamweight champion’s unstoppable pressure.
O’Malley found the co-main event of UFC 320 difficult to predict, though he regularly stated that he was leaning slightly more towards his former opponent.
Though the fight was competitive in the early stages, it didn’t take long for the champion to start going through the gears, as Dvalishvili convincingly defeated Sandhagen via unanimous decision.
O’Malley, who was beaten by the Georgian on two occasions, shared his live reaction to the co-main event of UFC 320 via his YouTube channel.
Sean O’Malley jokes about his previous fights with Merab Dvalishvili in UFC 320 reaction video
Despite siding with ‘The Machine’ in his breakdown of the matchup, Sean O’Malley was fascinated to see how Cory Sandhagen fared against him.
After praising both men in the first round, highlighting Merab Dvalishvili’s improved striking and Sandhagen’s intelligent grappling, O’Malley made fun of himself.
“Merab’s in the corner bouncing around and I’m over here burping up In-N-Out. I’m a failure.”
The 30-year-old spoke about how freakishly strong Dvalishvili was in certain positions when they fought, before getting overexcited when he thought that the champion had stopped his opponent in the second round.
O’Malley, who was incredibly impressed by another strong performance from his former foe, made several other references to his previous encounters with Dvalishvili.
“God, Merab’s f—— good. He reminds me of ‘Suga’ Sean… I didn’t let him get that many takedowns on me because I didn’t get up.”
Despite praising Sandhagen throughout the fight, O’Malley, like many people, stated that Dvalishvili is on another level right now.
“Merab Dvalishvili beat the f— out of Cory. In my opinion, Cory’s one of the best fighters in the UFC… One of the best in the world and Merab just beat him up. F—— crazy to think that I finished Merab.
“I don’t see anyone beating Merab unless I fight him again. Trilogy at the White House?”
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Sean O’Malley pitched Alex Pereira’s next fight after he “made it look easy” at UFC 320
Sean O’Malley’s latest YouTube video also included his live reaction to the main event of UFC 320.
Alex Pereira avenged his previous loss to Magomed Ankalaev by reminding everyone of what he is capable of, stopping the Russian in less than two minutes.
O’Malley, who claimed that Pereira “made it look freaking easy”, instantly named the fight that he wants to see ‘Poatan’ in after he became a two-time light heavyweight champion.
“Holy s—, Pereira marched at him. Alex versus Tom Aspinall, just for s—- and giggles. Chama.”